TROY, AND SO ON

Drifting over the bridge,
a woman’s voice says,
“Nothing ever stirred
in my breast,” as she
watched a handsome
actor playing Achilles in
a big Hollywood movie.

When a big Hollywood
actor plays Achilles, it
seems as though everything
grows still. And in that
stillness grows a great
Hollywood movie. And
in that movie people appear,

People going to the movie,
talking later, walking home,
making love, getting divorced,
going to Troy, and so on.

Handsome actors playing
Achilles say: this is good

But you know, it could
be tweaked–you know–
and then–it could be better.